Manual of popular instructions, for recovering persons apparently dead from drowning, suffocation, lightning : to which are added, remarks on the accidents incident to children and cautions, hints &c to persons exposed to the accidents and diseases for the prevention and cure of which this tract is designed / drawn up under the sanction, and with the assistance of Dr. Hawes, institutor and treasurer of the Royal Humane Society, London.

  • Hawes, William, 1736-1808.
Date:
[1806]
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Credit: Manual of popular instructions, for recovering persons apparently dead from drowning, suffocation, lightning : to which are added, remarks on the accidents incident to children and cautions, hints &c to persons exposed to the accidents and diseases for the prevention and cure of which this tract is designed / drawn up under the sanction, and with the assistance of Dr. Hawes, institutor and treasurer of the Royal Humane Society, London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5t;u)ding upon precipices, riding de(-p waters, and such like, as they frequently bring on the fit. Of the Colic. KO disease of the bowels is attended with more exfcru- tiating pain than this. But there are fo many kinds, and the treatment of each is so different, that in a work of this size, it is impossible to describe them, farther than giving a few cursory rules of conduct, by which, persons not in a situation to distinguish very accurately, may be of great ser- vice to sufferers in colics of every kind. Where you can ascertain that it Ins arisen from the indiscreet use of unripe fruits, meats of hard digestion, windy vegetables, fermenting liq iors, and such like, the best medicine, on the first ap- pearance of the symptoms, is a dram of brandy, gin, or any other good spirits, and warm fl;uiTiels may be applied to the stomach, bowels, and feet of the patient. But when the dis- ease cannot be a-crihed to any of the pr> ceding causes, or is exceedingly violent, send immediately for medical assist- ance, and till their arrival, bathe the feet and legs in warm water; apply bladders filled with warm water, or clothes wrung out of it to the stomach and bow.els; make the pa- tient drink freely of diluted liquors, and administer an em.ol- lient glystcr every two or three hours. Should these not succeed, the patient ought to be immersed in warm water. T roper Treatment for Burns, WHEN an accident happens from burning, if severe, the patient should be immersed in a mixture of lime-water and oil, and that continued, till a medical person arrives.